REPORT ON THE SURVEY OF 41 PENNSYLVANIA COUNTY COURT AND CORRECTIONAL SERVICES FOR WOMEN AND GIRL OFFENDERS, JANUARY 1, 1965 - DECEMBER 31, 1966, SECTION 3 - JUVENILE GIRLS WHOSE OFFENSES WERE HANDLED BY JUVENILE COURT, PA.

• NCJ Number: 16048
• Author(s): H KRITZER
• Date Published: 1969
• Length: 34 pages
• Sponsoring Agency: Philadelphia Yearly Meeting Friends Prison Service Cmtte
• Corporate Author: Pennsylvania Program for Women and Girl Offenders; American Assoc Of University Women
• Sale Source: National Institute of Justice/
• Publication Type: Statistics
• Language: English
• Country: United States of America

Annotation

NARRATIVE AND TABULAR DATA ON THE RACE, AGE, FAMILY AND HOME SITUATION, SCHOOL SITUATION, PRIOR EXPERIENCES, AND RESIDENCE OF JUVENILE GIRLS NOT HELD IN COUNTY JAILS WHOSE OFFENSES WERE HANDLED BY THE JUVENILE COURT.

Abstract

INFORMATION IS ALSO PRESENTED ON HOW AND WHY JUVENILE GIRLS ARE REFERRED TO COURT. THE GROUP OF GIRLS COVERED IN THIS SURVEY INCLUDES ALMOST ALL GIRLS REFERRED TO JUVENILE COURT (EXCEPT NEGLECT AND ABUSE CASES) DURING A TWO-YEAR PERIOD IN THE STATE. FOR SECTIONS ONE AND TWO OF THIS REPORT, 'THE WOMEN, THE JAILS, AND PROBATION' AND 'THE COURTS AND THE MINOR JUDICIARY, ' SEE NCJ-16050 AND 16049.